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On the ring since 2026-03-29
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Why you should avoid the temptation to map every square inch of your favorite fantasy city and instead lean into a lower-fidelity representation of it instead.MoreLinked by the ring
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So you took the pledge! Great, now you need to figure out which city your Vulgar Manse calls home. Luckily, the League of Dark Few has been designed to fit within most fantasy...
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Following my article on running sandbox adventures, I share practical tips for running city-based campaigns. Often considered the hardest challenge for GMs, I share my prep...Linked by the ring
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I give my impression of Shadowdark's Cursed Scroll #6, and walk through how I would prep "The City of Masks" to run as a sandbox. More
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I take a deep look at the article that inspired the Gygax '75 Challenge to understand how D&D's original creator viewed campaign design and world building.More
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Many GMs find running sandbox-style games hard relative to the trad style of a plot-driven adventure or campaign. Which is really unfortunate because sandboxes should, in fact,...
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Why adventures don't need to be serious in order to be taken seriously.More
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An apology for my silence as I launched this new site and a sneak peek at my Zine Quest project for this coming year "The League of Dark Few."More
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A Dungeon Crawl Classics conversion guide for Joseph R. Lewis’s latest adventure.More
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Is the immovable rod the perfect tool to teach players how to do OSR-style puzzle solving? I think so. Plus a list of 51 uses for it that I rattled off the top of my head.More
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Building on my lazy hexcrawl building process, I share a way to make your random encounters more interesting without all the work.More
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I reflect on the merits of smaller TTRPG conventions and my recap of The Ettin 2025.More
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Whoa! The Chateau Amongst the Stars is featured on Between Two Cairns!More
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I discuss how I utilize pagination documents in my adventure design process, and how they can benefit other TTRPG designers.More
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I’m back with a continuation of my last article, The Overachiever’s Guide to Lazy Hexcrawl Building, where I demonstrate how I use a GM binder to organize everything and expand...
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There are hundreds of guides spread along the internet to help game masters build their campaigns; this is mine.More
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Steal my prep! A free collection of maps Tracy and Laura Hickman’s classic B/X adventure Rahasia.More
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The Magenta Line: My entry into the Summer LEGO RPG jam. A collection of monorail random tables and police vehicles for use with the Cy_Borg TTRPG.More
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How I’ve started using Japanese smart ring binders and notebooks to organize my player sheets and spell lists. Plus a free DCC Character sheet to use with your A5 binder.More
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Conversion notes for DCC’s “The Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen” to run the level 0 DCC funnel in Shadowdark. Includes my free VTT and print map downloads.More
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VTT maps, GM Tools, and NPC tokens for the Shadowdark adventure “The Château Amongst the Stars.”More
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Graphic design tips for self-published TTRPGs to facilitate print and play and help minimize the effect of the recent tariffs.More
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A look at the Shadowdark gauntlet modules I enjoy and how I run them.More
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A look at the roundabout way I have established design goals for my first TTRPG system.More
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My rendition of the Urik, the City of Lions, from the Dark Sun setting. Available for free download.More
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Inspired by a post on the NSR Cauldron, I explore my personal criteria for great adventure design.More
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Announcing my 2025 Zine Quest project, “The Château Amongst the Stars.”More
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Grab your copy of my free low-level Mörk Borg and Shadowdark adventure “A Stinking Suspicion.”More
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The list of campy cyberpunk movies that serve as my personal Appendix N for Cy_Borg games.More
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A conversion guide for DCC’s Level 0 funnel, “The Portal Under the Stars,” for play in Shadowdark.More